The Fine Arts Center lobby will be filled with Valentine’s Day decorations on Saturday night when the Stonewall Center hosts a Valentine’s-themed dance.
Promoted as “Love Comes Out: A LGBTQA Dance Party,” the dance ...

Recent findings by a University of Massachusetts biologist have significantly altered previous understanding of the developmental rifts between the closely related dog and wolf species.
A study conducted by evolutionary biologist Kathryn Lord focused on what sets dogs and wolves apart gen...

As high school seniors are sending out their transcripts and SAT scores to colleges, and others still are scrambling to fit the test into their schedules, researchers are questioning whether SAT scores will represent a studen...

Two University of Massachusetts alumni might get a wedding to remember.
­­Ryan McLane, 1st lieutenant of the Army National Guard, and his fiancée, Taylor Lincoln, are finalists in the Fox 25 Boston Weddings to Remembe...

African American, Latino or Native American students benefit from being taught by instructors from the same ethnic or socioeconomic group, according to a study published in Sept. 2011.
An article titled “Study Finds Minority Stude...

Due to policy changes by the Department of Defense [DoD], over 14,000 assignment opportunities will soon be open to women in the U.S. Military, according to an article recently published in USA Today.
According to the Departm...

Fish communicate through a form of talking, according to research conducted by University of Massachusetts fish biologists, who found that sounds like grunting, drumming and duck-like calls are all forms of fish communication.
UMass fish biologists...

Banks might be the source of 19 million new jobs – if they spend $1.4 trillion of their cash.
According to a study conducted recently by the Political Economy Research Institute [PERI] – an independent unit of the University of Massachusetts – if banks spend $1.4 of their $3.6 t...

Against a gray cement backdrop in the basement of the Campus Center, Moe Edwards leaned into his microphone to sing, breaking the silence. Three boys carefully positioned themselves on the desk behind him, playing back up ...

If bewildering workloads and ongoing grey weather have you down, cheer up: Thursday is National High Five Day!
The San Francisco-based National High Five Project announced Monday that it will be sponsoring the tenth-annual National High Five Day Thursday, April 21 at high-five-facilitating l...

Wall Street gets a lift after earnings reports continue to impress investors
“Corporate earnings continue to be exceptionally strong,” said Oliver Pursche, president of Gary Goldberg Financial Services. “I think the markets continue to focus on the underlying recovery of the U.S. econom...

A group of graduate students at Texas State University has come up with a new kind of need-based scholarship, and have even created their own non-profit 501(c)(3) group to bankroll their mission.
Texas State graduate students Colby Boh...